Sermons from First United Presbyterian Church

Watch the Sermon here   First United Presbyterian Church “Endless Potential” Rev. Amy Morgan April 21, 2024 Luke 13:18-19 18 He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what should I compare it? 19 It is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in the garden; it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches.”   Sixteen people gathered in a log schoolhouse on Thanksgiving Day. They sang hymns, read scripture, and organized a church. They gave thanks for the abundance of the harvest and the abundance of love and fellowship and faith that enabled this congregation to form. Sixteen people felt like plenty. This small group of faithful souls planted a seed, a seed that would grow and flourish, a seed that would still be thriving and life-giving almost 150 years later.   Churches of only 16 members today are viewed very differently. They are seen as dying churches, barely able to keep the lights on and pay for supply preaching. We can’t im

  Watch the Sermon here First United Presbyterian Church “Gardener” Rev. Amy Morgan March 31, 2024 John 20:1-18 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. 2So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.’ 3Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went towards the tomb. 4The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in. 6Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, 7and the cloth that had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. 8Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he

Watch the sermon here First United Presbyterian Church “Waiting” Rev. Amy Morgan March 17, 2024 Psalm 130 1 Out of the depths have I called to you, O GOD; GOD, hear my voice; * let your ears consider well the voice of my supplication. 2 If you, GOD, were to note what is done amiss, * O GOD, who could stand? 3 For there is forgiveness with you; * therefore you shall be feared. 4 I wait for GOD; my soul waits for GOD; * in GOD’s word is my hope. 5 My soul waits for GOD, more than sentries for the morning, * more than sentries for the morning. 6 O Israel, wait for GOD, * for with GOD there is mercy;   7 With GOD there is plenteous redemption, * and GOD shall redeem Israel from all their sins A month before my ninth birthday, the attention of the whole world was captured by an 18-month-old toddler named Jessica McClure. “Baby Jessica,” as she was quickly dubbed by the news media, had stumbled into a 22-foot well in Midland, TX. For days, it was all we heard about. CNN provided live coverag